New security entry system to be installed at BKW

Jan. 10, 2013

Within the next few weeks the Berne-Knox-Westerlo
School District will be installing and implementing a new buzzer entry
system in an effort to increase security for students while school is in
session.

At the board meeting on Jan. 7, the Board of
Education approved the installation of this new security entry system to
be installed around the beginning of February, although a specific
timeline has not yet been determined.

The new buzzer entry system will mean all doors
within the district will stay locked during the day. Anyone wishing to
gain access to a district building during school hours will need to
press the buzzer on the main door entrance and state their name and
their purpose for coming into the school. They will then need to report
to the main office of the school to retrieve a visitor's pass.

As of Jan. 2, all doors within the school
district are locked during school hours, and until the buzzer entry
system is installed, community volunteers will be at the main entrances
to escort visitors to the main office.

More information will be provided in the coming
weeks from the school principals. Please contact the main office of your
respective school with any further questions.